OUR DAILY BREAD Sunday, June 25, 1995 --------------- READ: Hebrews 13:15-25 ROAST PREACHER "They watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief." -- Hebrews 13:17 People who have roast preacher for Sunday dinner need a change of diet. And a pastor who verbally chews out his congregation needs to look again at his mission. A caring preacher will build up his church, and a caring church will build up its preacher. In Hebrews 13:17, church leaders are called to watch over their flock as those who must give account before God. That's a tall order, but it's what God appoints them to do. And in the same verse, members of the congregation are reminded of their responsibility. They are told to let their leaders be leaders. They are to be submissive to them and open to their correction, so that their leaders will have joy rather than grief as they seek to be faithful in carrying out their God-appointed duties. How tragic that many congregations have never learned this! Six days a week they may criticize their pastor and on the seventh listen negatively as he preaches his heart out. Then they go home and have their favorite Sunday dinner - not fried chicken, but roast preacher. Whatever our place in the body of Christ, let's build others up through mutual caring. Then instead of devouring one another, we will find joy in seeing pastors and their people being nourished and fed by one another. -- Joanie E. Yoder The faithful pastor leads with love - He serves the church for God above; So may our criticism die And cause his joy to multiply. -- J. David Branon -------------------------------------------- THOUGHT FOR THE DAY -------------------------------------------- Pastors who preach God's Word need a good word from God's people. -------------------------------------------- THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 94-96 ============================================================= Our Daily Bread, Copyright 1995, used by permission of Radio Bible Class, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49555, USA. ODB files are being archived at ICLnet by arrangement with Radio Bible Class. RBC is presently developing its own servers and we look forward to RBC's official presence here on the internet in the near future. Written permission to distribute must be obtained from Radio Bible Class. RBC provides a variety of Bible resources, which are free of charge. RBC is not funded by any group or denomination, and support comes voluntarily from its Members and Friends. Write for more information, or call 1-800-598-7221. Thanks to Ken Foster for establishing the email list from which this copy of Our Daily Bread originated. A subscription is also available from the "ODB List" which may be subscribed to directly. Send a blank email message, with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line, to: odb-request@sptekwv14.wv.tek.com. RBC publications are also available at The Gospel Communica- tions Network: http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/odb/. - ICLnet ============================================================= ------------------------------------------------------- file: /pub/resources/text/Our.Daily.Bread: db950625.txt .